Perceived barriers to effective implementation of public reporting of hospital performance data in Australia: a qualitative study

Table 2 Perceived strengths of the current system of PR, Australia 2015

Informant type:	Consumer	Provider	Purchaser	Total
	n = 6	n = 12	n = 16	N = 34
Potential to drive quality and safety improvements	3	4	4	10
Ability to make comparisons between providers	2	1	4	7
The existence of systems of PR	2	1	2	5
Improving transparency		1	5	5
The MyHospitals website- design and/or level of data	1		4	5

PR Public reporting (of hospital performance data)
Empty cell = Issue was not mentioned by that informant type
Note: The data are drawn from semi-structured interviews. Missing responses do not necessarily mean that other informants did not share an opinion; rather, they might not have discussed the particular topic. Results are indicative of opinion, but not generalizable

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